Sigrnal-lamp



3 Sheets-Sheet I.

R. P. BAlLEY.

Signal Lantern.

No. 17.253. A Patented May 12, 1857.

3 Sheets-Sheet 2.

R P. BAILEY.

Signal Lantern.

Patented May 12, 1857.

3 Sheets-Sheet 3. R. P. BAILEY.

Signal Lantern.

Patented May 12, 1857.

.UNITED sTA'rEs BTENT OFFICE.

R. P. BAILEY, OF NIAGARA CITY, NEYV YORK.

SIGNAL-LAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 17,253, dated May 12, 1857.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, R. P. BAILEY, of the village of Niagara, in the county of Niagara and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Signal-Lamp; and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figures 1, 2, and 3, respectively, are elevations, and Fig. 4 is a plan, &c. a, a, a, a, is the common glass globe, or square lamp; Z), 6, b, is the upper darkened part of the lamp; C, Fig. 1, the clear light; I), Fig. 2, the red, and E, Fig. 3, the green or any desirable color, and being located within the red colored tube. F, F, F, are movable rings to which are suspended the colored tubes I) and E, by the chains H, H. 1', i, i, 2', i, are studs fastened to the movable rings. J, J, J, J, are spring fastenings by which means the movable rings are held in position.

Fig. 5, H is a transverse elevation, the upper portion thereof being partly detached or separated in such a manner as to show how the colored tubes or cylinders P, P, are hung to the rings N, and O, by the chains R, R, and H. The main or stationary cover M is provided with holes, two of which may be seen at T, T, through which the chains R, R. are intended to reeve or play backward and forward, raising or lowering the red colored tube, or cylinder P by turning the ring N, to which the chains R R are se cured and fastened, the cover M being larger in diameter than the ring N allowing thereby room enough for it to sit on and turn backward and forward as may be desired. One of the aforesaid holes may also be seen at T, Fig. 7, with a portion of a chain passingv through to the red colored cylinder. The stationary cover M is also provided with holes for chains H, H, which connect the ring O with the green tube or cylinder. One of said holes may be seen as represented by a dotted line, in a part of the upper ring 0, Fig. 7, the opposite side being broken away so as to show the chain H, as connected with and attached to the upper ring O and the green cylinder at P as represented, and illustrated by the amended drawings making part of this specification.

Fig. ('3 shows a portion of the upper members of the lamp. M is the main or stationary cover. N the low, and O the upper rings shown bottom upward. A. portion of the colored tubes or cylinders P, P, stand right side up in order to show the fastenings w, o, as seen at the upper ring 0 and attached thereto, and the green tube orcylinder P. Those fastenings are simple hooks or eyes, made and secured to the under side of the upper ring, and also to the upper side of said cylinder in such a manner as to connect the two together with chains.

Fig. 7 is a ground plan of a. portion of the different members of the upper part of said lamp, showing the relative position of the members toward each other. M is the main top or stationary cover which contains the holes through which the chains H, H, and

R, R, reeve or move, backward and forwardas the rings are turned either way. Those holes are so arranged that the chains belonging to the different rings shall not interfere with each other in their movements two of said holes being farther apartthan the other two thereby allowing the rings to return without the chains interfering with each other. The ring N is next in order and is placed upon M upon which it may turn back and forth carrying the chains around as shown in Fig. 8, the chains lying in the direction in which they are drawn by the operation, thereby raising or lowering the tubes or cylinders as they may be required. Fig. 8 shows more clearly how the chains are drawn through the holes in the main top or cover, the chains being partly drawn through and lying in the direction in which they are drawn. M is the main stationary cover. N and O are the rings, and meant and intended to represent the same members as those marked F, F, F, in the original drawings and specifications.

The nature of my invention consists in providing the common globe, or square hand lamp with colored glass tubes, or cylinders, as shown at D, Fig. 2, and E, Fig. 3, by the drawings, having them so constructed and arranged, that they may be raised up into the darkened part of the lamp, as at Fig. 1, thereby showing nothing more than a light or clear lamp in which case the lamp may be used for common ordinary purposes, when at any moment it may become necessary to give an alarm of caution or danger, the red or colored tube D, Fig. 2, may be dropped down instantly by disengaging the spring fastenings j, j,

3', j, and thereby allowing the movable rings F, to turn and drop the tube over the burn em 8, s, s, by the chains H, H, to which it is suspended. So in a similar manner, and by the same operation the green tube may be let down, and the red hoisted again to its hiding place and entirely out of sight, thereby leaving a green or any other color, such as Would be understood and explain its object, the tubes being separate, and independent of each other, the one located Within the other. The upper end of the chains H, H, are attached, or fastened to the movable rings F, F, F, and passed down through a stationary top or covering over a pulley, or simply through a hole, so that by turning the movable rings the chains are drawn up or let down (as may be desired) by means of their reeving back and forth through the hole in the top or covering of the lamp.

Having thus fully described the nature, construction, and operation of my invention, I will proceed to state What I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent.

I do not claim the common globe or hand lamp as that has been in use a long time.

I claim The means employed to raise and lower the colored tubes, as set forth in the above specification, by means of the rings and chains H, H, so constructed and attached, that one tube, or cylinder, may play or move up and down Within the other, and independent of each other, thereby allowing the different colors to be changed, Without obstructing each other.

H. P. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

. D. C. WARREN, 0. DE CAMP. 

